West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-04-07

salve for n wounded heart thorc Is in the soft
palm or q childs hand Did harp or flute
over have such music as thore N jn childs
good-nlghti' From our coarse, rough nfc the
angels OF God aro often driven back; but who
comes into the nursery without fcoliug that
RhSeS arc lowering aroundl They Who die
IN infancy go into glory, but YOU are expect
ing your children to grow up in this world
S Is II not question, then, that rings through
All the corridors, and windngs, aud heights.
ana depths OF your soul, what is to be-
come OF your sons and daughters for time
ana Tor eternity, "ON YOU say, IL moan
70 SOC that they have good manners NNcry well
Il mean 10 dress them we'll, n have mysclf 10
go shabby Very good 81 shall give thcm an
education, and shall leave them "A fortune 90
Very well But - that alli Don't YOU mean
TO take thcm into tho arki Don't You know
that the storm Is coming, and that out uf
no heaveni
How TO get them nii Go i'm Yourself II
Noah had stnid out, do you not suppose tha,
ms sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhct, would hnVo
htald outt Your sons and daughters will io
hpJ To do Just as You do. Reject Christ your.
sell, and the probability IL that your Chiidrrn
viii reject Him
An account was taken OF the religious con
dltlon OF families In a certain district. In the
Families or pious parents, two thirds of tho
children were Christians. In the families
MhcIe hho parents were uugodly, only one.
tWc1th OF the children wcrO Christians Ro.
sponsblo as you arc for their temporal exist
ence, you arc also responsible for their rtor
nifty. Which way will YOU tal,c thCiuf out
into tho dclugc, or into the nrlif unyc yu,
ever made one earnest prayer for thcir ian.
mortal soulsi What viii yOu sny i'm the
Judgment when God asks: "Whcru is Goorrr
or Henry, or Frank, or Mary. or Amni
Where arc those precious souls whose inter.
estS committed into your hnndsin
dying son said 10 his father: Father
YOU gave me an education, and good man
ners, and everything that tho world could dc
Tor me; but, father, you never told mo how
TO die, and now my soul is going out in IN,
darlnesa.n
Go homo and erect a family altar Yo,
may break down in your prayer. But never
mind, God will take what YOU mean, whether
You express IL intelligiby or not Bring all
your house INTO tho ark. Is there ono sol
whom you have given upi Is no so dissipatcc
that you have stopped counscling and pray
lngi Give him upf How dare yoN give him up
Did God ever give thee upf Whilst thou hast 4
single articulation OF speech left, ccna, not [,
pray Tor the return of that prudignl n,
may even now bo standing ON the beach al
hohg Kong or Madras meditating return
To ms fathers house. Give him upf Ncyci
give him up. Has God promised to hear TIA,
prayer only TO mock thoOl H. IL not too late
In st. Iauls, London, thcro is whispering
gallery A voice uttered most fccby at on,
slde OF the gallery Is heard distinctly at th,
opposite side, agrcat distance of. SO, ever,
word OF earnest prayer goes all around IN,
earth, and makes heaven whispering
gallery 10 into the ark-not 20 sit down
but To stand in the door, aud call until AL
the family come I'm. Aged Noah where 4
Jnpheti David, where Is Absalomf Hannah
where is Samuei Bring them in through
Christ tho door. Would 10 not be pleasant /,
spend eternity with our familiesi Glnddc
than Christmas or Thanksgiving festival viii
De the reunion, III we get all our family int,
the ark Which Of them can we spare out %
hcaveni
On ono of the late steamers there wcro ,
father aud two daughters iourneying The,
seemed extremely poor. A benevolent pcntIc
man stepped up TO the poor man 10 proirc,
some form Of relief, and said: "You secu
to be very poor sir. Poor, sir. ~ replied An,
man, "if there's poorer man TIM
mo troubling tho world, Col pity
both OF usln ~ will tako ono "a,
your children, and adopt II, III vou
say so. think 10 would be n great relief tc
you" "a what" said tho poor man. "a
relief" "Would IL be n relief 10 have tho
hands chopped Off from the body or tho boort
torn from the breasti a relief indeed God
10 good TO usl What do you mean, sirin
However many children We may have, we
have none 10 give up. Which of orr fomi
lies can we afford TO spare out of bcnyeni
Come, fatherl Come, motherl Come. sonl
Come, daughter Come, brothcrl Come .sisterl
Only one step, and VIC are in Christ tho door.
swings out 20 admit us: and IL is not tho
honibcncss OF n stormy blast TINT Won hear
but tho voice Of n loving and patient God
that addresses YOU saying: "Coino thou md
all thy house into the ark
And there may the Lord shut us in